Where does “כאשר” come from?

כאשר (Hebrew) comes from Hebrew כְּ־ — as, like; like, as.

כאשר (Hebrew): When, as, at the time that; Used other than with...

Definitions

  1. When, as, at the time that; Used other than with...

Ancestry of “כאשר”, step by step

כאשר traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Hebrew כְּ־

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hebrewכְּ־as, like; like, as

via Hebrew אֲשֶׁר

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hebrewאֲשֶׁרthat, which
Every word from Hebrew כְּ־